Satellite C660-1GK - C HDD partition problem

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• Satellite C660 will not restore, partition seems OK

  Hello

  I received a Satellite C660 difficulty that not recover. Can I use F8 (or 0) to enter "REPAIR YOUR COMPUTER", but the screen goes all black. I booted from a Linux disk and partition 'Data' seems OK though I have no way to check all the files. What are my options? Is it possible to create discs of restoration of this State?

  Thank you
  Tim

  Options?
  I guess that you have not created the recovery disc in the past. Fix?

  Well, in that case try to access the recovery partition of HDD (using Linux?) and check if you can use the recovery image files to create recovery USB flash stick as described here:
  http://APS2.toshiba-tro.de/KB0/HTD4103KB0000R01.htm

  Otherwise I think you have to order the recovery at Arvato disk in order to recover the laptop.
  Of course if you have the Microsoft windows installation media, you can use it to install the system too pilots could be downloaded from the Toshiba UE driver page

• Satellite C660 - 18 c HDD missing from BIOS

  I have a strange problem with a Satellite C660 - 18 c and I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions.

  This is the laptop from a friend who had crashed earlier. He seems to have tried to reinstall an operating system, although not using is not the recovery media, that he never did when the laptop was new. He has failed to do this, he asked me to take a look.

  The hard drive is still the original Toshiba drive came with the laptop, even if it has been removed and replaced. This allows to do some basic tests on the hard drive, which showed no errors.

  If you start the laptop from a USB key with a Windows 7 Pro installation image, you go as far as to choose a partition to install Windows on to. It shows 'Disk 0 unallocated space 232.9 GB'

  However, he pointed out that "Windows cannot be installed to this disk. This computer's hardware may not support booting to this disk. Ensure that the disk controller is enabled in the computer's BIOS menu. »

  I looked in the Bios and I see no trace of the hard drive. For example, if you look under 'Boot', this list shows only, CD/DVD, floppy, LAN and USB drive.

  It seems to make no difference if SATA is set to "AHCI" or "compatibility."

  Does anyone have any suggestions?

  Thank you

  Work generally good disk HARD must be listed in the BIOS (BIOS first page).
  You should see the name of the HARD disk and the size.

  If the first page of the BIOS provides no details on the HARD drive, then the HARD drive was not recognized by the BIOS, and in most cases, this means that the HARD drive is faulty.

  If you are sure 100% that this disc HARD isn't faulty (for example, it works in relation to another laptop), a HARD disk controller malfunction could cause the problem

  But I guess it's s a HARD drive problem

• Satellite C660 - 13r PSC0LE - BIOS update problem

  I bought the Satellite c660-13r 11.05.2011

  After installing and configuring Internet conection, only he had messages on the Bulletin Board, NEW BIOS update the bios of the laptop of TOSHIBA BULLETIN BOARD. I updated the bios to 1.30 without any problem,

  NOW I HAVE A BIG PROBLEM.
  1 POST takes 30 sec,
  2 start windows is slow
  3. laptop is so slow I can cry!
  4. when I open the new window or klick simply open the new link, stay for 3-4 sec

  and I must ask, how is this posibile, when I open HWSetup, in the menu start-> toshiba-> utilytis
  I can see the BIOS. 08/04/2011 I can send screenshots of version 1.40

  How can I flasch BIOS with other versions,
  His big problem to work

  Thank you and I hope you can help me...

  Hello

  The version of the BIOS should be mentioned in the BIOS settings.
  Turn on the device, press F2 and verify the version here.

  Also I recommend the settings of the BIOS back to default settings.
  In the BIOS settings, you will need to press F9 to get the default value. Then save the changes and exit the BIOS.
  Restart the machine and check how many processes are running in the context of the BONE.

  I recommend disabling of certain non-essential processes in msconfig.
  There, you can go to the Startup tab and could uncheck the unnecessary process.

• Satellite C660 - wave fan constantly BIOS problem

  I have a Satellite C660, PSC0LE submodel.

  The fan (CPU) is constantly growing and turn off every minute or so. He is strong and extremely intrusive / boring. It is occurs regardless of the load / CPU temperature. I have seen references to this topic, and some people have suggested that a BIOS update to fix it.

  I updated my machine to the latest version available (1.40), but it is not fixed.

  I see that this (PSC0LE) submodel has not later than some of the other variants (there is a version 1.8 for some other submodels C660) an update of the BIOS and I think the fan problem is solved in that.

  Toshiba intends to solve this problem on the PSC0LE via a new BIOS, or y at - it another way to stop what is really distracting.

  TIA,
  Dan

  Please try to reduce the speed of the cooling fan change advanced power options > Toshiba power Saver saver > cooling method.

  For normal use I recommend to use the balanced feeding and management game, cooling method to lower the level. It should reduce the activity of fan cooling.

• Satellite C660 - 11 H - HDD light is not blinking and laptop extremely slow

  Hi, I recently started having problems with the laptop above, when you start the screen blocks on the screen 'windows', the HARD drive light does not work, either.
  The computer loads up thereafter, but is very slow.

  Please note that the laptop was recently withdrawn only from a relatively sho height - problems began shortly after.

  I think it might be the hard drive, Pls help.

  Thank you

  > I think it might be the hard drive, Pls help.
  I agree with you. It's probably HDD Hat doesn't work properly.
  Hard drives are cheap and you can exchange it alone then I recommend get you the new HARD drive, Exchange, install the original recovery image and test functionality.

  If you need assistance you are welcome.

• Satellite C660-1PH - poster HDD free space

  Hello

  I ve noticed the last days 'windows C: partition' my drive shows different free space without any download/install

  For example, I got 104 GB free, then the next day he showed 100 GB free and then suddenly he returned 104GB. It happened with different values of another day, he just changed unexpectedly.

  This could be the cause? The hard drive is faulty?

  Thank you

  Have you noticed that in Windows Explorer or disk management?

• Satellite PRO A10 new HDD partition with 80 GB HARD drive

  I've recently updated the original 30 GB HARD drive for a 80 GB HARD drive. I used the recovery CD and all is well.

  The old laptop is now as good as new again.

  I notice that rather than having a c: drive of 80 GB, recovery utility has given me 3 partitions in about 25 GB each (c: d:, and e :).) They were originally FAT32 although I changed it to NTFS.

  My question is can I remove e: and d: partitions and then increase the size of the c: up to the maximum size possible (approx. 75 GB)? I know that windows xp can handle, but I don't know if the BIOS can or even why 3 partitions have been created in the first place.

  Post edited by: dim33

  To be honest I m really surprised that there are 3 partitions after the recovery procedure. I got many old books as your A10 and newer seen this.
  In any case go to disk management and try to create partitions on the way you want it to be.

  In my opinion you should have the C partition with 25 or 30 GB and the second 50 GB partition for the data record. Don t use a partition only. If something does not go the whole partition must be deleted and you will lose all of your stored data. It is always better to have the second partition for data backup.

  In the worst case (you cannot start OS), you can install Windows XP Home edition on the first partition, boot OS and have full access to all stored data.

• Satellite C660 - 1 H 6 graphics problems (ATI 5470) white pixels

  Hi all

  I apologize for my English. I'm Italian.

  My pc has a very embarrassing failure... during normal use of the pixels see you crazy. You see the boring white pixels.
  There is not much, but especially for graphics work, it's bad.

  I have already restored the PC once installed the ATI driver from Toshiba's official website, but the problem persists.
  I also tried the drivers from the site of amd, but the problem persists.

  If you can help the problem becomes much more pronounced after the return from the suspension. In this case, the office you see really bad with all the pixels in trouble.

  If you need additional information or tell me that I can make the tests as well.

  Thank you.

  Hello

  I m not quite sure if it s internal display issue or maybe a graphics card problem
  That's why you need to connect and external monitor to check what's exactly wrong

  Usually, the graphics card is affected if the pixels of same would appear on the second monitor.

  But if the image on the external monitor would be OK, so the graphics chip should be ok too and in this case, the display internal for laptop is defective

  But in both cases, it would be expensive to fix the laptop, because the two parties are not cheap.

• Satellite Z930-N13 - SDS HDD password problem

  So I bought a 2nd hand Z930 (with no backup drivers/software) and setting up my password I ticked the box to replicate the password for the HARD drive.

  When it is restarted I see a flash error message up but he has not read in time.
  It restarted and asked the password - typed in - confirmed. Password HARD drive - not confirmed!
  So now, I can't have in the laptop. This can be corrected?

  I think I should buy a 256 gb SSD to replace and find all the drivers, and then reformat the laptop - that will work?

  I am struggling to find the retailer in the United Kingdom asking them to remove the BIOS password - think that the new SSD would anyway be a cheaper solution?

  Any help would be appreciated! I'm threadders - he only had 5 flippin minutes!

  TVM

  Hello

  HARD drive password can be deleted if you do not know the password or the password is wrong.
  I have no idea of what happened during the game of password but the fact is that BIOS password and password HARD disk are not the same.
  Both can be set in the BIOS of THE separately.

  In case the HARD drive password cannot be deleted, the HARD drive would be useless

  > I think I should buy a 256 gb SSD to replace and find all the drivers, and then reformat the laptop - that will work?
  Yes, the HARD drive password does not affect the new hard drives or SSD drives but only the HARD disk that was attached to the laptop, while the password has been set.

• Satellite C660-1F1 Toshiba HDD Recovery 'the installation program starts services' crash?

  This is my second attempt at recovery using the hidden picture. The first attempt, attached to a previous point of loading Windows 7 ;( However, during this attempt, he was more than an hour on the screen "Setup starts services" with a light moving under it.

  Does anyone have a reasonable idea how long it takes to treat? Thanks in advance.

  Have you thought about an SSD instead of HARD drive?
  I replaced the HARD drive with an SSD and I must say that I wasn't expecting these excellent performance...
  The SSD is much better that a HARD drive and you will be really satisfied with the performance of the SSD

• Satellite C660/C660D problem wireless connection

  I have a new Satellite C660/C660D and have a problem connecting to the internet using a broad band wireless.
  I have no problem when Iam connected to the power outlet, but when I unplug the power cord, as the connection turns on.
  I have another Toshiba laptop and have no problem

  Concerning

  Always the same story here

  Please have a look here on the forum of WLan.
  Read assignments related to this question because there are a lot of threads!

  Solution: turn off the energy saving for the Wlan in Win 7 power management.

• Re: Satellite C660-1CH - device wireless problem

  Hello guys

  I just got my Toshiba Satellite C660 and I have the problem with the wireless device I can't access it. When I press FN + F8 nothing happened. I downloaded from http://aps2.toshiba-tro.de/wlan/?page=downloads Atheros Wireless LAN Adapter - windows 7 x 64, but it does not work.

  NOTE: I have problem with blutooth device also.
  image manager adapter: http://www.9ower.com/uploads/9ower.com9ea213036644581.png

  Hi Wolvrine,

  Exactly, what problem you have with your wireless network card? It is disabled and if you try to activate using the FN + F8 key combination? Or you have another problem?
  Did you test if other FN keys work correctly?

  On other threads, I realized the C660 owners are disabled the Windows power management feature and it worked WLAN energy saving. Maybe it s works for you also.

  Regarding Bluetooth: Satellite C660-1CH is not equipped with Bluetooth

• Blue screen to Satellite C660-1EL

  Hi all

  I have a serious problem in my satellite C660-1EL, I bought it for two weeks, I received free back and I installed WIN 7 Ultimate.

  The problem is when I put on day of win 7 using auto. Update and installing these updates the notebook suddenly stopped. When I turn it on again it gave me a blue screen with the message "{color: #ff0000} {color} irql_not_less_or_equal" during boot.

  I tried more time with safe mode, but still give me a blue screen before the victory. the startup.

  I tried to install the new system using the CD original WINDOWS 7, but before the installation of the files are extracted, the bluescreen reappear.

  I checked the RAM, HD, CD/DVD, in another laptop and it worked fine.

  Also I tried to install WIN 7 using USB flash boot and Win XP PRO on CD, but still the same blue screen appears before the configuration copy victory. files.

  Please help me, this notebook is brand new.

  {color: #ff0000} Note {color}:

  Firstly the Toshiba start screen disappear, but when I removed the RAM and installed again it appear and I went into the setup by pressing F2 and restore the default bios, but still problem exists.

  {color: #ff0000} Sorry for my language {color}.

  Hey,.

  The problem could be related to RAM modules as Timox wrote. You can test the modules of RAM with Memtest86. Which is a freeware software to test the memory modules live. If you do a Google search, you can find it. You must create a boot disk and if you start from that you can test the modules.

  In General, there should be no problem to install Windows 7 on Satellite C660. If you have problems (blue screen), it could be a malfunction of the equipment. An authorized service provider can help you to repair the computer.

• By Satellite C660-174: WLan connection drops after 5 min

  Hello

  I recently bought a toshiba laptop (satellite c660-174) and am having problems with my wireless internet connection.
  (I currently use the Airport Express Terminal and my macbook has no problem whatsoever)

  The problem is that my internet connects for a few minutes at a time, then falls back, I was invited to run the network diagnostics which solves the 'problem' it will work again for a few minutes then the same thing happens... etc etc.

  I am 100% sure the router and the connection is ok, because I've been running the macbook at the same time and who never fails or loses its internet signal.

  any suggestions would be greatly appreciated

  see you soon

  Check it!
  http://forums.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=59932